Painting Inside Doors White

Rolling a flush flat door.

Painting inside doors white. Brush on a light coat. It doesnt matter that the rest of the doors throughout your house are white. If not either use a mini painting pad that enables you to paint the bottom edge or remove the door from its hinges apply a sealer to the bottom edge and rehang the door to paint the rest of it. If its latex you can skip the following sanding and priming steps though youll have to sand and prime if the paint is oil based.

When painting edges some paint inevitably slops onto the faces of the door. Choose an interior door paint color. You want to make sure you leave no roller lap marks. Its better to have that happen before the faces are painted.

White doors and black trim for creating graphic look in your monochromatic space. To remove any lap marks roll a lightly loaded roller over the wet coat of paint to smooth. Paint all four edges of the door first. Begin by applying paint to the inside of the top panels.

Paint a flat door with a brush pad or roller with a 14 inch nap or foam sleeve. Coat the recessed areas first and then the faces of the panels. Some of my favorite whites for trimwork and doors are benjamin moores cloud white and dove white in either semi gloss or satin. Being your favourite colour you are also using this palette inside in which case it is absolutely fine to paint the interior of your front door the same as the outside colour.

If the door has a vertical center stile paint this next and then blend in the brush marks from the center stile when you paint the horizontal rails. But interior doors are often paneled and should be painted in the following order. Smooth out the paint working with the grain. Adding black interior trim as pairing for your white doors is a great and efficient way to create a graphic look in your space.

A heavy coat of paint covers better and sometimes levels out better but runs are more likely and brush marks are deeper. If you are going to paint a plain flat door use a foam roller to roll on the paint and use an angled brush to paint the sides. Tips for plain doors. If youre painting your door white and have white trim around it i recommend using the same paint color and finish as the trim.

Determine if the door is painted with oil based or latex paint. This can be said so because the black trim can define shapes of items that are trimmed.